Editing Pleasanton, California (section)

== Government ==
=== Local ===
Pleasanton operates under a [[Council–manager government|council–manager]] form of municipal government. The council consists of four representatives elected by district and one directly elected mayor. The councilors are each elected to a four-year term, while the mayor serves a two-year term. Council and mayoral elections are non-partisan. The vice mayor is appointed each calendar year by the mayor. The mayor and council members are limited to a maximum term of eight years.<ref>{{Cite web|title=City of Pleasanton, CA - City Council & Mayor|url=http://www.cityofpleasantonca.gov/gov/council/default.asp|access-date=May 12, 2021|website=www.cityofpleasantonca.gov}}</ref>

The city council consists of: Karla Brown (mayor), Valerie Arkin, Jack Balch, Jeffrey Nibert, and Julie Testa.<ref name=CC/> The city manager is Gerry Beaudin.

=== State and Federal ===
In the [[California State Legislature|state legislature]] Pleasanton is in {{Representative|casd|7|fmt=sdistrict}} until 2024, when it will be in {{Representative|casd|5|fmt=sdistrict}}, who will be termed out.<ref name=SSenate>{{cite web
 |url=http://senate.ca.gov/senators 
 |title=Senators 
 |access-date=March 18, 2013
|publisher=State of California}}</ref> In the state assembly Pleasanton is in {{Representative|caad|16|fmt=adistrict}} and {{Representative|caad|20|fmt=adistrict}}.<ref name=SAssembly>{{cite web
 |url=http://assembly.ca.gov/assemblymembers
 |title=Members Assembly
 |access-date=August 21, 2023
|publisher=State of California}}</ref> Federally, Pleasanton is in {{Representative|cacd|14|fmt=district}}.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite GovTrack|CA|14|access-date=February 13, 2023}}</ref>

Pleasanton has 44,099 registered voters with 17,021 (39.2%) registered as [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]], 11,338 (25.7%) registered as [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]], and 13,867 (31.4%) [[Decline to State]] voters.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ror/ror-odd-year-2019/politicalsub.pdf|title=Report of Registration as of February 10, 2019 - Registration by Political Subdivision by County|date=February 10, 2019|access-date=March 11, 2019}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"  style="float:right; margin:1em; font-size:95%;"
|+ '''Pleasanton vote<br/> by party in presidential elections<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/prior-elections/statewide-election-results/ | title=Statewide Election Results :: California Secretary of State }}</ref>'''
|- style="background:lightgrey;"
! Year
! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2024 United States presidential election|2024]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''65.3%''' ''24,120''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|30.7% ''11,317''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2020 United States presidential election|2020]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''68.5%''' ''28,340''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|29.3% ''12,127''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2016 United States presidential election|2016]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''63.1%''' ''21,897''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|30.4% ''10,537''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2012 United States presidential election|2012]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''57.9%''' ''19,175''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|40.0% ''13,240''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2008 United States presidential election|2008]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''60.2%''' ''20,857''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|38.1% ''13,226''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2004 United States presidential election|2004]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''52.4%''' ''16,469''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|46.6% ''14,633''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[2000 United States presidential election|2000]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|48.0% ''13,506''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''48.4%''' ''13,633''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[1996 United States presidential election|1996]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''46.0%''' ''11,925''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|45.2% ''11,729''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[1992 United States presidential election|1992]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''38.5%''' ''10,622''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|37.3% ''10,291''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1988 United States presidential election|1988]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|37.5% ''8,236''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''61.4%''' ''13,495''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1984 United States presidential election|1984]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|29.4% ''5,208''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''69.7%''' ''12,333''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1980 United States presidential election|1980]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|25.4% ''3,572''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''61.7%''' ''8,665''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1976 United States presidential election|1976]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|39.4% ''4,821''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''59.0%''' ''7,220''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1972 United States presidential election|1972]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|30.2% ''3,636''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''67.8%''' ''8,178''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[1968 United States presidential election|1968]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|38.2% ''1,779''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''54.1%''' ''2,521''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[1964 United States presidential election|1964]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''57.0%''' ''1,148''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|43.0% ''866''
|}